010 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE • New Symbolic Architecture – 500 AD Western Empire in ruins – Shift to Byzantine Architecture – Christianity based on worship of “Otherworldly” things
• Ideal Church – Central plan and dome – Circular dome over square plan
• Pendentive Domes – “Sail Vault” – Spherical triangles
• Emperor Justinian 530 AD – Determined to restore Roman Empire
• Hagia Sophia
• San Marco – Venice, Italy 11th Century
• San Vitale – Ravenna, 6th Century